{"id":3630,"date":"2026-08-10T23:04:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3630"},"modified":"2026-08-10T23:04:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:04:05","slug":"evacuation-order-lifted-in-el-paso-county-for-rapidly-growing-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3630","title":{"rendered":"Evacuation order lifted in El Paso County for \u2018rapidly growing fire\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Evacuation orders have been lifted by the El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office after an unknown number of El Paso County homes were ordered to evacuate on Monday when a fire sparked near Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n<p>Mandatory evacuations were issued for homes on Passing Sky Drive, and road closures were in effect for Bradley Road, Grinnell Boulevard and Goldfield Drive, according to the El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>El Paso County officials said the evacuations were sparked by a \u201crapidly growing fire,\u201d but additional details about the fire were not available.<\/p>\n<p>The Security Fire Department is the lead agency on the fire, county officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3628\">Contractor indicted on fraud charges exposed Boulder family to asbestos, forged permits, Colorado AG says<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office has a mandatory evacuation of Passing Sky Drive for a rapidly growing fire. The road closures include Bradley\/ Grinnell Blvd. and Bradley\/Goldfield Dr.  Security Fire is the lead agency and EPSO patrol deputies are assisting. pic.twitter.com\/Y9qxFtmYpb<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EPCSheriff (@EPCSheriff) August 10, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Students who live in the area and who use Widefield School District 3 bus transportation will be returned to their schools, where parents can pick them up, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3627\">Colorado Tesla driver blames car\u2019s Autopilot for speeding<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>This is a developing story and may be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe allow=\"geolocation\" allowfullscreen=\"yes\" allowtransparency=\"1\" class=\"iframe\" height=\"1700px\" id=\"6a7a568fe8cb6\" loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/extras.denverpost.com\/app\/wildfire\/latest-tracker\/all_graphics.html\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Get more Colorado news by signing up for our Mile High Roundup email newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3629\">72 fall ill, 7 hospitalized at Colorado Springs festival<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mandatory evacuations for homes on Passing Sky Drive were lifted, and road closures were in effect for Bradley Road, Grinnell Boulevard and Goldfield Drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colorado-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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